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Have you read the modernized Cinderella adaptation yet? If not, the sequel ‘The Princess and the Fangirl’ recently came out, so you may want to pick it up.

Haunting.

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis opens near the end, “When I wake up, all my friends are dead.“

Jane McKeene is a black young woman living in a post-Civil War world; a post-Civil War world that is being overrun by the undead. In Dread Nation‘s version of history the war ended because the dead rose up and started killing people and turning them and the Native and Negro Reeducation Act required that children like Jane be sent to special schools that educate them in the arts of proper society as well as in how to fight and kill the shamblers (zombies).

Leigh’s mother recently took her own life. Since then Leigh has had mysterious encounters with a red bird that she is convinced is her mom.  This leads her and her father to Tawain and grandparents Leigh has never met and a family history Leigh has never been told.

Grace is new in Prescott and plans to stay under the radar, but when she discovers the former occupant of her room, Lucy, was run out of town after accusing several (popular) boys at school of rape she’s finding it hard to stay quiet.

Rosina and Erin are the token freaks of school. Rosina is bogged down by responsibilities and expectations from her family and dealing with her crush on a cute cheerleader. Erin has Asperger’s  and is trying to compartmentalize her own past traumatic events.

Wolf by Wolf is an alternative history set in Europe (partially) in 1956. What if the Third Reich and Imperial Japan won World War II? What if the medical experiments performed on prisoners in death camps produced something almost supernatural?

Monday Charles is missing and her best friend Claudia seems to be the only person who cares; inquiries to Monday’s mother, their school, and even the police receive little response, and in some cases Claudia is straight up turned away. As events unfold and the reader gets glimpses into Monday’s life (before the disappearance) it becomes clear that her home life is a far cry from the stable family that Claudia has.

This book is dark and weird, but if it hooks you it won’t let go. Part a psychological tale, part mystery, and a smattering of the paranormal, The Walls Around Us has been swirling around in my head since I closed it two days ago, and I want to force someone to read it just so I can discuss it in depth.